Author Spotlight- Lisa Orchard! Author of The Super Spies and the Pied Piper
Blurb- Sarah
Cole and her sister Lacey are at it once again when their missing parents’ cell
phone is traced to Alden, Michigan. When the FBI declines to continue the
investigation, Sarah takes matters into her own hands. She calls upon the Super
Spies and they delve into the situation. Suddenly the teens find themselves
immersed in small town intrigue and mystery involving a menacing stranger, who
Sarah dubs “The Stalker.” But when Sarah finds out he’s connected to her
parents’ disappearance she’s determined to find out what that connection is.
The Super Spies embark on a journey that leads them into a web of corporate
corruption at its highest level that leaves innocent victims in its wake. Can
the Super Spies stop the greedy corporation before it’s too late?
Excerpt-
Chapter
One
“What do you mean you lost them?” Sarah Cole fidgeted as she
waited for Agent Gray to answer. I can’t
believe it! He lost the only clue to our parents’ location. What is wrong with
this picture?
Agitated, Sarah shifted in her seat and chewed on her lip.
She was uncomfortable in the folding chair and rearranged her petite frame so
she wouldn’t feel the cold metal against her bare legs. Shivering, she glanced
around the all‑too‑familiar room.
The gray cement block walls no longer gave her that creepy, closed-‐‑in
feeling she’d used to get when she first came to the interrogation rooms. She
remembered the first time she’d been in that tiny space. It had been the day she’d
discovered the Cat Lady’s dead body. Sarah shuddered at the memory and then
smiled when she remembered forming the Super Spies and bringing the Cat Lady
Killer to justice. Glancing around the room again, she realized she’d been in
this room quite a bit these last few weeks, not only during the Cat Lady
investigation, but the High School Bomber investigation as well. Shivering again,
Sarah rubbed her arms but she really wasn’t cold. Her mind filled with the
image of the bomber the Super Spies had helped apprehend just a week earlier.
Wow!
Was it just last week?
She tugged at a lock of her honey colored hair, then brushed
it away with an impatient hand. She sighed and glanced at her younger sister.
Lacey sat beside her with her legs crossed, jiggling her foot at such a rapid
rate it seemed like her whole body was electrified. She caught Sarah’s eye, and
for a moment her eyes glittered like emeralds before she shifted her gaze to
Aunt June, who had placed her hand on Lacey’s leg in what appeared to be an attempt
to quiet her. Sarah shifted in her chair and sighed again.
Are we
ever going to find Mom and Dad?
A commotion out in the hall drew everyone’s attention. Sarah
leaned forward and craned her neck to see what was happening.
“Chief, we’ve got an OD!” An officer yelled.
“What?” Chief Johnson yelled as he rushed by. “An OD on what?
Give me the details.”
“The parents found their son unconscious in his room this morning,
and an empty bottle of prescription medication on his bedside table.”
“What was it?” Chief Johnson asked.
“It’s Myodine.”
“Who makes it?”
“Ah… Piper Drugs.”
“Call Poison Control with the name and manufacturer and ask
them what to do about an overdose. Instruct the parents to get their son to the
hospital pronto,” Chief Johnson ordered.
“They’ve brought him here.”
“What?” Chief Johnson exclaimed.
The sound of policemen rushing through the hall pulled Sarah
and her sister out of their seats. They hurried to the door, unable to stifle
their curiosity. Peering down the corridor, Sarah caught a glimpse of a young
man sagging between two officers as they desperately tried to keep him on his
feet. One officer gently slapped his face while the other officers held him up.
The young man blinked and then gagged, puking on the officer in front of him.
The rancid stench of fresh vomit filled the air. While plugging
her nose, Sarah ducked back inside the interrogation room, followed by her
sister. Sarah closed the door, hoping it would keep the smell from penetrating
the room.
“Did you hear that, Lace? Piper Drugs! That’s the company Dad
works for,” Sarah whispered in her sister’s ear before proceeding back to her
seat.
Lacey opened her mouth to speak, but closed it when Agent Gray
cleared his throat and motioned for them to sit down.
He continued his conversation as if they hadn’t been interrupted.
We were on our way to the location of the ping… but before we got there it
disappeared.”
“So, what does that mean? Did you find our parents or what?”
Sarah blurted out as she sat down. She stared into Agent Gray’s icy blue eyes,
trying to read his mind.
Author Bio- Lisa Orchard grew up loving books.
Hooked on mysteries by the fifth grade, she even wrote a few of her own. She
knew she wanted to be a writer even then. Her first series, “The Super Spies,”
has reached bestseller status
After
graduating from Central Michigan University with a Marketing Degree, she spent
many years in the insurance industry, pining to express her creative side. The
decision to stay home with her children gave her the opportunity to follow her
dream and become a writer. She currently resides in Rockford Michigan with her
husband, Steve, and two wonderful boys. Currently, she’s working on a Coming of
Age Young Adult series called The Starlight Chronicles. When she’s not writing
she enjoys spending time with her family, running, hiking, and reading.
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